Hokuto no Ken episode 61
Love on the Battlefield!
Will this era tear Love Apart!!
-From RQ87's Fist of the North Star site
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For a detailed overview of this episode, click here.
Kenshiro goes to save the residents of Suwannee village.
Original broadcast date: January 30th, 1986
Contents
1) Synopsis
2) Manga differences
3) Notes
4) Errors
Galzus, one of Souther's soldiers, meets a new recruit who has captured some children. He welcomes him into the Holy Emperor's forces, and also finds out from him where one of the rebel's bases are. Just then, Jay and a small team of men attack them. They are part of Shu's resistance, and easily take down most of Galzus' group. However, when they corner Galzus, he starts to tell them a fake story about how Souther captured his sister, and is making him work for Souther. As they are distracted, Galzus fatally wounds Jay, and kills most of his team, before escaping.
Kenshiro finds Jay, who gives him some light bulb parts to give to his girlfriend, Ami, in Suwannee village. At the village, Galzus and a new unit of men attack the place and take it over, although they intend to leave before any of Shu's group find them. But before they can do that, Kenshiro arrives in the village and defeats many of them.
Galzus is soon taken down by one of Kenshiro's techniques, but he tries the same fake story he used on Jay. It doesn't work though, as when he attempts to stab Kenshiro, part of him explodes. Seconds later, he dies. Kenshiro tells Ami what happened to Jay, but also gives her the parts she needs. She creates working light bulbs, meaning their village can be lit up at night. She promises to never let the light burn out, for Jay's sake.
-This episode is filler, and was not in the manga.
-Galzus is voiced by Masayuki Kato, who previously did the voice for Jackal.
-Hiromi Tsuru voices Ami. This would be her only role in Fist of the North Star, but she would go onto do the voices for several popular characters in other anime series, most notably, she provided the voice of Bulma in the Dragon Ball series.
-Ami's captured brother is never mentioned again.
-When we first see Galzus, he's sat on a car, and there's another car behind him. The second can vanishes when the shot changes.
-Galzus and the new recruit retreat in a car. They are followed by a second car. A third car then appears... and what appear to be a second Galzus and new recruit are riding in it.
-The cars Galzus and his men escape in are meant to be all green, but one of them is colored red during this shot (same color as the bikes Jay and his guy are riding on).
-One of Jay's guys stays behind to take care of the kids. Seconds later, he's also seen with the rest of the group, firing at Galzus.
-The kid in blue is wearing shoes and has a pink head band, but he's not wearing these for this shot.
-The missiles on Jay's bike change color between shots, from silver to black.
-The error of feet not touching the ground in the previous episode is repeated in this one.
-The guy behind Galzus who suggests they stay in the village is initially colored like this, but when Galzus later tells him not to panic, he's colored like this.
-During this shot, the mouths of the middle and right soldier move even when they aren't speaking.
-How do guys wearing heavy armor manage to swim?
-And some of these troops enter the water brandishing swords. How did they intend to use them?
